Liz Truss

“We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.”

“I didn't become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country... I want to see popular free-market Conservatism where barriers are broken down, people have got more opportunities but keep more of their own money.”

“Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.”

“Let's cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.”

“All of my parents' friends worked in public sector jobs. The teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.”

“I feel I'm fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it's expensive. When we've looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it's just been impossible. You just cannot get one.”

“Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.”

“Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.”

“I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.”

“I think every woman in this country will understand what it means to be mansplained to. It happens in everyday life - you know, if you go into a shop, or you're talking about finance.”

“Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children. It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.”

“I was interested in the ideas - freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That's why I became a Tory.”

“From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US - the world wants what Britain has to sell.”

“I'm proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May's Brexit plans.”

“I don't like tokenism. I don't like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.”

“Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don't have enough people of a certain group. People want to start businesses because it's a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.”

“If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers. Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.”

“And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn't say the ones at my school were less capable. They could've been there.”

“Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.”

“Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.”